Seminars, Business Matching & Trade Missions to Cover Four
Cities
HONG KONG, Sept 22, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - The largest Hong Kong
trade promotion ever staged in Germany is set to take place from 27
to 29 September to showcase the city's business services advantages
for German companies seeking opportunities in Asia, particularly on
the Chinese mainland.
Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC),
"Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" will include a series of events in
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, and is expected to
attract some 1,700 people with thematic seminars, on-site
consultations and business matching sessions. Carrie Lam, Chief
Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government will be the guest of
honour.
"We are delighted to bring our flagship promotion, 'Think Asia,
Think Hong Kong' to Germany for the first time," said Margaret
Fong, Executive Director, HKTDC. "Germany and Hong Kong are already
close trading partners and we are seeing more German entrepreneurs
coming to Hong Kong to do business or launch their start-ups in our
city to capture the many opportunities in Asia, especially the
Chinese mainland and ASEAN, via the Hong Kong platform." During
"Think Asia, Think Hong Kong", which is supported by 16 key Hong
Kong partners and 44 German organisations, German business people
are invited to connect with Hong Kong services providers to explore
partnership opportunities.
Aligning opportunities with competitive strengths
More than 30 speakers from Hong Kong and Germany will share their
insights and experience of using the Hong Kong platform at a series
of thematic seminars, which are matched with the respective
business strengths of the four host cities.
Guests of honour at the 28 September seminar in Dusseldorf will
include Mrs Lam as well as Vincent HS Lo, Chairman of the HKTDC,
Thomas Geisel, Mayor of Dusseldorf and Gunther Horzetzky, State
Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry State
of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Dusseldorf session will include a focus on selling to China and
throughout Asia via Hong Kong, with insights shared by heavyweight
speakers including Hans Michael Jebsen, Chairman, Jebsen & Co
Ltd; Martin Brudermuller, Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive
Directors and Chief Technology Officer, BASF SE; James Thompson,
Chairman, Crown Worldwide Group; Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Senior
China Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; Royce Yuen, CEO,
MaLogic Holdings Ltd; Michael Hennig, Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer, Aumund Asia (HK) Ltd; Hans Joachim Isler,
Managing Director, H.D. Isler & Co Ltd; and Thomas So,
President, The Law Society of Hong Kong.
In Frankfurt (28 September), a seminar jointly organised with the
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city's de facto central
bank, will focus on offshore renminbi business and opportunities
related to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Prominent speakers at
this session will include Norman Chan, Chief Executive, HKMA;
Benjamin Hung, Regional Chief Executive Officer, Greater China and
North Asia, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd; Li Jiuzhong,
Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer, Bank of China (Hong
Kong) Limited; Gerrit Schneider, Chief Financial Officer, Europe;
Manager, Investor Relations, General Electric; Steve Gross, Senior
Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets; and
Lutz Raettig, Vice President, Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and
Commerce.
On 29 September, a seminar in Hamburg is being jointly organised
with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce to examine ways to use Hong
Kong's logistics and maritime strengths to tap opportunities
related to the Belt and Road Initiative. The guest of honour will
be Frank Horch, Senator, Minister of Economy, Transportation and
Innovation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Other
speakers include Jens Meier, Chief Executive Officer, Hamburg Port
Authority; Corinna Nienstedt, Managing Director and Head of
International Department, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce; Hans Michael
Jebsen, Chairman, Jebsen & Co Ltd; Tim Smith, Chairman, Maersk
China Limited and Chief Representative, North Asia of Maersk Group;
Alan Yip, Executive Director - Regional Operations, Kerry Logistics
(Hong Kong) Ltd; and Tommy Lui, Director & Group Chief
Representative for Southern China, Li & Fung Development
(China) Ltd.
In Munich (29 September), technology business partnership
opportunities will be at the fore at a seminar jointly organised
with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
Speakers include Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Innovation and
Technology, HKSAR Government; Marian Gaultney, Head, International
Collaboration & Business Development, Hong Kong Science and
Technology Parks Corporation; Dietmar Vahldiek, Executive Vice
President, ROHDE & SCHWARZ GmbH & Co. KG; Dirk Schlesinger,
Chief Digital Officer, TUV SUD AG; Matthias Hiegl, Managing
Director, Medical Valley Center GmbH, Erlangen; and Norman Tien,
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.
Building connections between Hong Kong and Germany
In addition to the thematic seminars, Hong Kong services providers
from the legal, accountancy and business consultancy sectors will
be on hand in Dusseldorf, Munich and Hamburg to provide free
on-site consultations.
"Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" will also include a Hong
Kong-mainland Joint Investment & Partnership Mission organised
with the Department of Commerce of China's Jiangsu province. The
mission will visit Dusseldorf, while a separate Technology Mission
will visit Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Munich. More than 100 mission
delegates and service providers from Hong Kong and the Chinese
mainland will connect with their German counterparts through more
than 320 business matching meetings.
A high-level dinner will be organised in Frankfurt on 27 September,
with about 400 invitees expected to attend, including guests of
honour Bernadette Weyland, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance,
State of Hessen and Hong Kong's Chief Secretary for Administration
Mrs Lam. Prior to the dinner, a memorandum of understanding for
cooperation between the HKTDC and Hessen Trade and Invest will be
signed.
Hong Kong & Germany: close business partners
As an international trade and financial centre, Hong Kong is the
ideal platform for German enterprises wishing to develop new
markets in Asia, and especially on the Chinese mainland. German
exports to Hong Kong have increased by 42 per cent in the past
decade to US$6.8 billion in 2015. Germany is Hong Kong's largest
trading partner in Europe with total bilateral trade of US$15.9
billion last year.
Hong Kong, with its prime location in Asia and renowned
business-friendly environment, is an important platform for German
companies operating in Asia. More than 600 German businesses
currently have operations in Hong Kong and more than 200 have their
regional headquarters or regional offices in the city. An
increasing number of start-ups from Germany have also pursued a
variety of opportunities on the mainland via the Hong Kong
platform.
The HKTDC has been promoting Hong Kong's trade in goods and
services for the past 50 years through its four-in-one platform of
world-class trade fairs, online marketplace, trade publications and
mobile channels, helping SMEs capture business opportunities
effectively and efficiently.
For more information about "Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" and
registration details please visit:
http://www.thinkasiathinkhk.com/2016.
HKTDC Photo Link: http://bit.ly/2cSJPTh
Information on the internet: http://www.hktdc.com/
Business contacts: http://businessmatching.hktdc.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HKTDC
LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/1uVLtDv
HKTDC 50th anniversary Website: http://50.hktdc.com
About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) celebrates its 50th
anniversary this year. The HKTDC is the international marketing arm
for Hong Kong-based traders, manufacturers and services providers.
With more than 40 offices globally, including 13 on the Chinese
mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a platform for doing
business with China and throughout Asia. The HKTDC also organises
international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to
provide companies, particularly SMEs, with business opportunities
on the mainland and in overseas markets, while providing
information via trade publications, research reports and digital
channels including the media room. For more information, please
visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Google+, Twitter @hktdc,
LinkedIn.
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Source: HKTDC
Contact:
Media contact in Germany:
Christiane Koesling
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
Kreuzerhohl 5-7
60439 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)69 - 9 57 72 - 161
Fax: +49 (0)69 - 9 57 72 - 200
Email: christiane.koesling@hktdc.org
Media contact in Hong Kong:
HKTDC
Communication and Public Affairs Department
Joe Kainz
Tel: +852 2584 4216
Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org
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